Busy - Busy - Life is moving way to fast

What a week - Prom - Class Day - Graduation - Project Graduation .....and I survived. I didn't even spend a lot of time in tears. My baby has finished high school and will enter college in the fall. Can you believe it - I will be paying tuition for three come September. Good thing Bailly finishes her Masters in December - then it will be only two.
What happy faces........now on to knitting. I have been working on a few thing. The biggest is "The Great American Afghan" I have finished 9 of 25 squares. I haven't blocked or sewing in any ends........but here is a preview.

This will be my main focus this summer. We are in the middle of packing of the house and moving so I need to plan accordingly. We sold our house in a matter of a week and the movers come July 11th. We will stay in PI until Parker heads to college - but all our belongings will go into storage (unless we luck out and find a house right off). So I need to pack up the stash and UFO's and kiss them goodbye for a period of time. What will be hard is deciding what to keep and what to put in the garage sale.




.............on a sad note.....my little puppy..........has been a bad boy............


























Look........he is trying again. He started Obedience School last week ......I am hoping for big improvements. Now I have to figure out what to do with half eaten socks - maybe I will put them away and make some sock monkeys someday.

Good luck to all the Graduates of PIHS - I am proud of you all.

Some Finished Items to Share

It seems all my blog time these days - which isn't a lot - is spent updating Raverly. I really have mixed emotions about keeping up both -but on the other hand - see both a value in both. Any way I wanted to share some pictures (if I can remember how).

Here is the Baby Surprise Jacket I just made with left over wool. It was so much fun to make. I think I will gift it to a coworker - soon to be grammie.

This was a felted bag I made for my son's Project Graduation Auction. I loved this and will consider making one for myself. My mother also made an item for the Auction - I don't think she would mind me sharing. It was a stained glass garden stone.

One last nonknitting item to share -

Gotta love Pups and MUD!!!!!

It's been so long

I am impressed that I remembered how to sign on. I have so many things to say and so many knitting projects to show you but the time just isn't available. I am hoping over the weekend to download some pictures and fill you in on what has been going on..........until then - enjoy your day.

I will make time ......I must.

I really can't believe it has been since August. I have been knitting - probably more than I should - I have just not made blogging a priority. Well that is about to change - the other day was my invitation to Raverly. I couldn't wait to get started. It was really quite easy. I signed up and even added two projects. I have a lot more time to put into it but it is a start. There was even a group of Maine Knitters that I added my name to.

I used Flicker for the photos which made the loading of photos ultra easy. I wonder if Flicker can be used here. Uploading pictures seems to be the hardest part for me. On that note I will add a picture of the new baby. Bauer is almost 5 months old now - what a special guy. Here he is on his first hunting trip.

I'm back

Wow - it has been way to long. I suppose trying to catch you up on what I have been up to might take too long to I guess I will touch some of the highlights.

I finished the baby sweater for my co-worker and I was very happy with it. She liked it also. Her baby boy was born July 18th.

I have two other co-workers due later in the year and I need to find a cute pattern for them. Knitting for babies is new found fun. Not instant gratification but close.

I have been busy with socks. I actually joined a Sock of the Month Club. Pick up sticks. I even joined in there blog today. Hence - better up date my blog.

Other new happenings is our new puppy - Bauer is his name and he is and 10 week old Golden Retriever - he is keeping us busy - but in a good way.

Bye for now - I will post again soon.

I have been a busy mom

So much has been going on. My daughter graduated from college. I moved my son and daughter into an apartment in Southern Maine where they will both be working for the summer. B on the beach and T in a Law Firm in Portland. This is the first summer they are not home for the summer. Youngest P doesn't know what to think - he has his parents undivided attention whether he likes it or not. ......................and..........our new puppy was born a few days ago - in about 6 weeks there will be a new golden retriever puppy in our house - we are going through the "what to name" game currently.


On the knitting front. The Seize Diamond sock are finished. I really am happy how they turned out. I am a little bothered about the difference in the color of each skein. I don't know for sure if this is a freak occurrence or if it is typical in hand dyed yarn. Anyway ....here they are.

Next we have the Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Gifts. This will be an on going project - mostly car knitting. I love the yarn combination - STR farm house and watermelon something.
I have also started my mother-in-law's socks. I was able to stop into Grace Robinson in Freeport the other day and found this yarn and (of course) some others. She wanted something not really wild.

...........and while in Grace Robinson I noticed a baby sweater knit out of sock yarn. I have for a long time wanted to knit a little sweater but resisted the urge because people often think it is for grandchildren. Well I hope grandchildren are a few years down the road - I do have coworkers having babies so this gives me the opportunity to knit little people stuff. Take a look.


Well that is most of what I have to share. I am saving the other yarn purchase for another post. Tomorrow P and I are off the camp to meet M - should be a lot of knitting time.

Socks- Scarf - Hudson and Bailly.

First things first. One down - one to go. Here is the picture I took yesterday afternoon of the progress on my Seize Diamondback sock. Since the picture was taken I have finished the toe except for the Kitcherner stitch and weaving in the end. I just tried it on and I think it is the best fitting sock I have ever made. I can't wait to get started on the second.

On a more somber note. Our dear friend Hudson has "gone on ahead of us to get the camp ready". With out going into details - after almost 12 wonderful years of unselfish love and devotion his time with us was over. We miss you Bubbie.
Soot misses you also - I think he has finally realized Hudson is not coming back.
This will be my project as we travel this weekend. It is the Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I am using two skeins of STR yarn - Farmhouse and Watermelon Tourmaline. This will be a great project for the summer. I can take my time and hopefully finish in time for the cold weather. (It has finally warmed up her in Northern Maine, 81 degrees yesterday)
Well tomorrow after Parker takes his AP History test we are off to Farmington. My baby girl is graduating from College. I am so proud of her. Her time at UMF has been wonderful. She has met wonderful friends, played on a championship soccer team, excelled in her studies and spent some time in Italy. Who could ask for anything more. After a summer of working on a beach in Southern Maine - she is off to graduate school in Boston. What a wonderful daughter I have. Thank you Bailly for being so special.